Dispensing device.



F. M. CASE.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men AUGJS, 191s.

1,2%,5@5. Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

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Be itlrnown that lyFnaivcis M; Case, citizen'of United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to dispensing devices and particularly to apparatus utilized for measuring and delivering predetermined quantities of beverages.

More specifically the invention relates to a dispensing device comprising a main receptacle having a main liquid chamber, provided with a discharge spout, and a communicating supply chamber, having a means for supporting a bottle of liquid in inverted positiomso asto' deliver to the supply chamher and the main liquid chamber a level of liquid, other means being provided in the form of a displacing member for displacing a quantity of liquid in the main chamber, and thereby causing the discharge of a predetermined quantity from the discharge spout.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in the construction and combination or parts hereinafter set forth in the following description, drawings and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device; Fig. 2 is a vertical section; Fig. 3 is a top plan with the bottle shown in section; and Fig. 4 is a similar view with the cover removed and showing the bottle neck in section.

in the embodiment, of the invention, set forth in the drawings, 1 represents the main casing provided with a main liquid chamber 2, in communication with an opening in a discharge spout 3, preferably formed integral with the main casing l. The main casing is further provided with a supply chamber 4, in communication with the main liquid chamber 2. The main casing at, the bottom of the supply chamber 4: is provided with an upwardly extending narrow wedge shaped web 5 for a purpose to be described.

The main casing is provided with asuitable cover 6, having above the supply chamber 4: a funnel shaped bottle support 7 adapted to receive a bottle 8 when in inverted position, and supporting the same with its mouth in a position to maintain a level of liquid in the supply and main chambers to .Specifijcation of Letters ma. P t t g t 30, 1917,

' Application filed August 18, 1815. Serial No. 45,706. 7 i i a point near the bottom of the opening in the spout. The wedge 5 may also serve as a means for supporting the bottle.

Suitable displacement mechanism is ar ranged on the cover and it comprises a plunger support 9 extending upward from the cover and provided at its upper end with a bearing sleeve 10, receiving a' guide and adf usting sleeve 11. This sleeve is provided with a flange 12 at its lower end adapted to engage beneath the bearing sleeve 10 and limit the upward movement of the adjusting sleeve. The adjusting sleeve is further provided with a'centrally' disposed threaded opening 13 at the lower end and an enlarged opening l l for a'purpose to be described. Engaging in the opening 13 is athreaded rod 15 secured in an extension 16, forming part of a displacement member 17, adapted to move up and down in the main liquid, casing and normally assuming an elevated position there in, by reason of the fact that a spring 19 bears upon the top of the casing and against the under side of the flange 12, thus forcing the adjusting sleeve upward against the under side of the bearing sleeve and hence holding the displacement elevated as shown. 'Within the opening 14 of the adjusting sleeve is a push rod 20, having an internally threaded opening 21 which receives the threaded portion of the rod 15. The upper end of the push rod is preferably provided with a hand piece 22. By the arrangement of the parts at this point the position of the displacement member may be varied by loosening the push rod, screwing the rod 15 into and out of the adj usting sleeve 11, and then turning the-push rod so that it will act as a check nut.

In using the device a bottle is inverted into the bottle support 7 and the liquid within the bottle flows into the supply chamber and into the main chamber until the mouth of the bottle is sealed by the liquid in a well known manner, the level of the liquid at this point being slightly below the bottom of the discharge opening in the spout as is indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2. The user may then draw a charge from the device bypressing the hand piece and thereby causing the connected parts to move down against the spring 19. This 0 eration causes the displacement member 1 to raise the level of the liquid in the casing from whence it will pass out through the spout, the

support, a. bottle in inverted, position with, its; mouth at a. levelbelow saichoutlet and.

displacement aneohanism mounted: inv the cover and compr sing an ad ust-mg sleeve lld blyme e herel hspl e menb member, a,- shank carried thereby and threadedginto the QClJUSUI Ig SlQGYG, a push rod extend ng into, the ad ust-mg sleeve and threaded ontoithe threaded shanlg of the; displacement member, and a hand piece oar; ried'f by said push rod.

2, Liquid, dispensing apparatus co npris; ing ahollow casingopen at, its topand providedivvith a side outlet, a, cover for the top,

of said casing having means ,for supporting an lnverted bottle with its inouth ata level below said outlet, and a verticallymovable "displacement device supported in said casing by said. cover and operable -froi11.,.theoutside thereof, saidldeviee being adapted when depressed to cause liquid to overflow through said outlet.

3; Liquid dispensing apparatus, comprisinga hollow easing open at its topand pro vided with a side outlet, a cover for the top of said casing having means for supporting an inverted bottle withi itsmouth at a:

level below saidioutletf, a vertieally, movable displacement; device supp ortedi in said. (3513?: ing; by sa d; cover-- 2111C]; operable: from, the, outs de; thereof, sa dv device be ng adaptedi whenirlepressed io cause, liquid to overflow through said} outlet, andmneans; fen: adjusts mg saidd splaeement. defice-vert cally relativeto-said oover-andvary the=amountofi liquid displaced by, a; given; stroke,

In testimonywvhereof; I-afiix my, signature;

in presenee of two Witnesses flSvfOllOWS FBANCI S M. GA SE,

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